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How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet floods

A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the flooding disaster in Nepal and Tibet.

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#3396
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27 Aug 2026, 08:30 UTC
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27 Aug 2026, 08:24 UTC
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A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the flooding disaster in Nepal and Tibet.
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    How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet floods

    A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the flooding disaster in Nepal and Tibet.

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